[sclug] Rooting my Android phone

[Liam Flanagan]

>
>  Like in a Linux, you don't use the root account for day to day things -
> so wouldn't android work in the same way?


Rooting an android device doesn't run everything as root, it simply allows
3rd party applications to ask for and gain elevated privileges. At least on
my rooted device I have explicitly allow elevated privileges to
applications as they want / need it... Just like in Linux.

Be careful, I heard people bricking phones by rooting them.

Just read through instruction materials well in advance and *backup
everything*. I imagine you'll be fine =) Good Luck.

On 4 May 2012 14:37, Ms. C. Black <ycyrffgroupie at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have the Galaxy S1 not never rooted it. If you root it are you not
> opening yourself to security threats? Like in a Linux, you don't use the
> root account for day to day things - so wouldn't android work in the same
> way? I aware they are times when an android need to be rooted for certain
> things.
>
> Be careful, I heard people bricking phones by rooting them.
>
> Christine.
>
> On 4 May 2012 13:33, Liam Flanagan <liamflan at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I'm afraid I don't know anyone with that model so I can only comment on
> my
> > experiences with doing the same thing on other devices (HTC Desire, HTC
> > Desire Z). Nevertheless the best resources I found when I was rooting my
> > phone(s) were google and  http://forum.xda-developers.com
> >
> > Let us know how you get on =)
> >
> > Liam
> >
> > On 4 May 2012 13:15, Neil Haughton <haughtonomous at googlemail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > This is a sort of Linuxy question - has anyone reading this
> successfully
> > > rooted a Samsung Galaxy Ace phone?
> > >
> > > I want some advice on doing this to my own such phone, so  that I can
> set
> > > it to permit apps to be  installed on the SD Card. Although it's an
> > Adroid
> > > feature, rather idiotically (IMHO) Samsung have chosen to block this by
> > > default so that in spite of an almost unlimited expansion memory size
> > > (well, whatever size SD cards are available which is at least 64GByte),
> > you
> > > are limited to installing what will fit on the 160Mb internal memory.
> > > Paltry, because the phone also needs that memory to breathe.
> > >
> > > However I'm a little nervous about attempting this without first
> > discussing
> > > it with someone who has already done it *on this model.*
> > > *
> > > *
> > > TIA
> > >
> > > Neil.
> > > *
> > > *
> > > *
> > > *
> > >
> >
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